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Notice.
THE Copartnershi p heretofore existing under the
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JARN SWORTH , at the Store of Messrs. fhacher ,
ohaw & Co., No. 43 Milk-street , (Morton Block.)
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1- 1,1850. GEORGE A.SHAW.
THE Copartnershi p heretofore existing under the
name of THACIIER , BASCOM & CO., is this
day dissolved by the death of Mr. J. T. S. Bascom.
The affairs of the late firm will he settled by THOS.
J-HACHE K , at the Store recentl y occupied by them ,
N(>. 43'Milk-street.
THOMAS THACHER , 1 Surviving
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JviBS Wor ds of an Old Editor .
True Duncan and the Cat
Once there was a little boy named Duncan. The
boys used to call him True Duncan , because he nev-
er would tell a lie. One day he was play ing with
an axe in the yard of the school , and while he was
chopping a stick , the teacher 's cat , Tabby, came
along. Duncan let the axe fall right on poor Tab-
by's head , and killed her. What to do he did not
know. She was a pet of the master's, and used to sit
on a cushion at his side, while he was hearing the
lessons. Duncan stood and looked at the dead crea-
ture. His face grew very red , and the tears stood
in his eyes. All the boys came running up, and ev-
ery one had something to say. One of them whis-
pered to the others and said—
' Now , fellows, we shall see whether Duncan can
make up a fib, as well as the rest of us.'
1 Not he !' said little Tom Pooley, who was Dun-
can 's friend. 'Not he !I'll warrant you ,—Duncan
will be as true as gold.'
Big Jones stepped up, and taking the cat by the
tail ,said , 'llere,boys, I'll just fling her into the alley,
and we can tell Mr. Cole that the butcher's dog
killed her; you know he worried her last week.'
Several of them thought this would do very well.
But Duncan looked quite angry. His face swelled,
and his cheeks «rew redder than before.
1 No !' said he, 'no ! Do you think I would lie for
such a creature as that ? It would be a lie , a lie, a
i.ik !
' And every time he said the word , his voice
grew louder and louder. Then ho picked up the
poor thing in his arms, and carried it into the school-
room, and the boys followed to see what would hap-
pen. The master looked up, and said—
' Wha t is this ! My faithful mouser dead ! Who
could have done me such an injury ? All were si-
lent for a little while. As soon as Duncan could get
his voice, he said—
'Mr. Cole, I am very sorry—but here is the truth.
I ca n't lie ,sir ; I killed Tabby. But I am very sorry
for it. I oug ht to have been more careful , for I saw
her continuall y rubbing her sides against the log. I
am very sorry, indeed , sir.' •
Every one expected Mr. Cole to take down his
long rattan. On the contrary, he put on a pleasant
smile , and said—
' Duncan , you are a brave boy ! I saw and heard
all that passed from my window above. I would
rather loose a hundred cats than miss such an exam-
ple of truth and honor in my school. Your best re-
ward is what you now feel in your own conscience :
but I beg you to accept this handsome penknifiyi s a
token of my approbation. '
Duncan look out his liltle hankeirhief and wiped
iis eyes. The boys could no longer restrain tliem-
selves ; and when Tom Pooley cried , 'Three cheers
for True Duncan !
' all joined in a hearty hurra.—
The teacher seemed willing to allow this , and then
said—
'M y boys, I am glad you know what is right , and
that you approve it; thoug h I am afraid some of you
could not have done it . Learn from this time , that
nothin g can make a falsehood necessary. Suppose
Duncan had taken your evil advice , and come to me
with a lie; it would have been instantl y detected for
I was a witness of what passed. I trust he has been
governed in this by a sense of God's presence, and 1
exhort you all to follow his examp le.'—[Pe nny Ga-
zette.
Cape Horn.—A joll y voyager to El Dorado thus
gives his opinion of Cape Horn :
It is impossible to describe the scenery in the vi-
cinity of Cape Horn. It is all it is "cracked up to
be." The elements were in such an incessant tur-
moil , that we had to lash every thing on deck and
below, but sometimes we would be struck by "sock-
dolager ," which would knock our calculations into
fits. Chairs , chests, trunks and boxes would " fetch
away " pell mell to the leward , and when the vessel
righted , they would tumble back again in 'thc most
admirable confusion. We used to lie in our bunks
and call off cotillons for them to dance ;—first four
forward , balance , turn partners—all hands round !
great grand right and left—promenade to your seats.
No one could walk on deck without cling ing to some-
thing—and sometimes we would be struck unawares
by a heavy sea, and suddenl y find ourselves crawl-
ing out of the lee scuppers rubbing our shins ! Thus
we were dandled about by the perpetual turmoil of
the elements until we arrived at Talcahuana. Of
all the untirina, unaccountable and unspeakable
"sava<*erous " rumpuses ever kicked up in human na-
ture , Cape Horn takes the banner. I have sailed
boats on the Delaware and Merrimack , a raft on the
'rag ing Canawl ,' have been fishing and wrecked on
Long pond , among the ferocious horn pouts , and did
think I was "some punkins ,
1
'but Cape Horn can take
my hat.
A green , good-natured , money-making, up-coun-
try Jonathan , who said every thing dril y, "got things
fixed ,'
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and struck up a bargain for matrimony ;
parties agreed to emp loy a green horn country jus-
tice to put up the, tackling. He commenced the
ceremonies by remarking that "it was customary on
such occasions to commence with prayer , but he be-
lieved he would omit that ," on ty ing the knot he
said , "it was customary to give the married coup le
some advice , but he believed he would omit that ; il
was customary to kiss the bride , but he believed he
would omit that also." The ceremony being ended ,
Jonathan took the squire by the button-hole , and
clapp ing his finger to his nose, said , "'squire, it's
customary to give the. mag istrate five dollars—b ut 1
believe I 'll omit that !"
New way of taking care of Babies.— The
Detroit Free Press stales that , a few Sabbaths since ,
a famil y in that city went to church , leaving a child
in charge of a small boy. The boy wanted to go
out to play, put the child on the table, and nailed
its clothes to the dinner board.
In Ital y they hang them up against the wall. In
Boston they fasten them into a "bab y jump er," and
"in the country " they set them on the floor and let
them squall.—[Boston Post.
An aid to Early Rising
SINGULAR MACHINE.
A mechanic residing at Newcastle street, Hulme,
has constructed a little machine lor the purpose of
awaking himself earl y in the morning. To a Dutch
clock in the kitchen he has attached a lever, from
which a wire communicates throug h the ceiling to a
bed room above, in which he has fixed his novel in-
vention. Having set the lever to any hour at which
he may be awakened , when the time arrives it is re-
leased by the clock , and the machinery rings a bell,
then strikes a match , which lights an oil lamp. This
lamp runs upon four wheels, and is at the same in-
stant propelled throug h a tin tube on a miniature
railway, about five feet long, which is raised by a
small iron supported a few inches above the bedroom
floor. Near the end of the line is fixed an elevated
iron stand upon which a small teakettle is placed
(holding about a pint,) and immediatel y under it ,by
the aid of a spring the lamp is stopped , and its flame
boils the water in the kettle in twenty minutes, thus
enabling him to take a cup of tea or coffee prior to
going to work.
The bell attached is so powerful that it awakes his
neighbors, and the machine altogether is of a very
neat appearance , the mechanism being of polished
iron. The inventor has made it during his leisure
hours, and has been about eighteen months in bring-
ing it to a state of comp letion. He has also com-
bined economy with utility, as the working of it does
not cost more than a half penny per week.
[English Paper.
A woman in the Mesopotamia of Maine sent her
pay recentl y to the Christian Mirror , for another
year's subscri ption to that paper,adding, at the close
of her letter , that she was 'infinitel y too poor to do
without it.'
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There are some things in this world
which people are rich enough to dispense with ; they
have so many luxuries that they cim do quite well
without certain necessaries ; but who can afford to
live without food ? Whose mind is so poor that it
can dispense with instruction ? The truth is, men
should , sometimes make their very poverty a reason
for exerting themselves to possess certain neccessa-
ries. They are too poor to live without them. So
with the lad y on Br. Cummings' list of subscribers.
She has. a mind to be fed , and there is no way in
which a person can obtain so much food, and in so
great a variety of forms, as by taking a good moral
newspaper. Two dollars will feed such a person
one whole year with weekly supplies enough for the
reception of every day in the week. When we hear
a man— a man !—say he cannot afford to take the
paper , we are inclined to tell him that he cannot af-
ford to do without it. A man who is reall y too poor
to take a paper , is like a person so emaciated by
famine as to be too weak to eat bread.
[Gospel Banner.
" Too Poor to Live Without It."
The wealth of the well stored mind , the big hand
and the stout arm of the industrious mechanic, are
worth more, for the perpetuation of our glorious
princi ple!; of government , and for the prosperity of
our country, than all the gold of the world. Alread y
have their scientific researches ; their unceasing and
untiring energy ; their many inventions ; and their
numberless improvements in machinery, giving to
our young Republic a glorious name and proud po-
sition among the nations of the earth. This class
has contributed largel y to the wealth and to the
name of our country. Trace it all out , lay bare the
thousand secret springs of prosperity ; follow up
cause and effect as they fall in succession under
your observation , and you will find American Me-
chanics and Artisans have proved to be in their en-
ergetic and industrious career , among the princi pal
agents in effecting American greatness.
[Scientific American.
Scolding Children— I will tell you what good
it does to scold at your children for doing what you
have told them not to do—just a« much good as to
scold an unru l y ox for jump ing over the fence and
eating green corn contrary to orders previousl y giv-
en to him. Children are governed by two motives
the hope of reward , and the fear of unp leasant con-
sequences. A stream of scolding as long as from sun
to sun , never yut had any other effect upon childre n
than to render them wholl y regardless of what is
said to them. If you wish to make your children
troublesome, scold them occasionall y. If \ou wi sh to
make them bad , scold at them a little harder louder ,
and more frequentl y. If yo.i wish to ruinthem ,
and relinquish all hope of conquering them , scold
continuall y ; you will be sure to gain your object.
Gen. Taylor says in his Message : " W e are at
peace with all the world , and seek to maintain our
cherished relations of amity with the rest of man-
kind." This reminds ns of Ihe answer made to a
canvasser for taking the census, when he put the
usual question , "How many does your famil y con-
sist of?" to the head of Ihe famil y. " A wife, five
sons and a contingency, " he replied. " What is »
contingency V inquired the anxious canvasser.
"The contingency, " said he, "is another son which
I had by a colored woman who lived in my famil y."
"Then ," said the canvasser , "your famil y consists
of yourself , wife and six sons." " No," said the man ,
" the colored boy I have let out to service that he
mioht be well cared for , besides securing me a little
income.
" We suppose Gen. Tay lor meant to in-
clude such in the "best of mankind ," and designed
that portion of the Message particularl y for the
Southern Stales , as it is well established that such
contingencies are numerous, wherever the "di-
vine " institution is NURTURED and sustained. He
should have added , •' I recommend this to the early
and favorable consideration of Congress."—[E x-
change Paper.
Mr. Clay has introduced a bill for the purchase of
Mount Vernon.
American Mechanics.
After all the dodging and dummy of .old Whitey
on the Wilmot Proviso, says the Boston Post, it
turns out , in his California message, that he has aH
the while been a regular Cass man , and went fer
"non intervention." Hear him :
"I did not hesitate to express to {
be people of
those territories my desire that each territory should
form a plan of a State Constitution , and submit the
same to Congress, wit h a prayer for admission into
the Union , and that I was desirous to protect and
defend them in the formation of any government, re-
publican in its character. Such a government must
be the result of their oivn deliberate choice, and origi-
nate entirely with themselves,vi'
rthout the interference
of the Executive. If the proposed constitution shall
be found to ba in compliance with the requisitions of
the constitution of the United States, I earnestl y
recommend that it may receive the sanction of Con-
gress."
" Should Congress, when California shall present
herselffor an incorporation into the Union , annex a
condition to her admission as a state , offering her do-
mestic instit utions, contrary to the wishes o
f her people,
and even compel her temporaril y to comply with it,
yet the State could change her constitution at any-
time after her admission , when to her it should seem
expedient.'1
"Now if there is any sort of pretence for consis-
tency or common decency in the northern Taylor
whigs who have denounced General Cass for his
non-intervention , and Governor Dorr for his doc-
trines on self government, they will either spike
their guns and surrender to the democracy, or turn
their whole battery upon their anti-Wilmot proviso
,
and anti-''law and order ' whi g president!"
Zacliary Taylor a Cass Man and a
Dorrite.
The following parody upon Poe's poem of the
"Raven ," is the best thing of the season :
" Once upon an evening dreary, while I ponder-
ed lone and weary, over many an olden paper,
reading forgotten stories o'er ; suddenl y I heard a
curious, lonely, ghostl y, mysterious grating under-
neath the floor—onl y thi s and nothing more. And
again 1 trimmed the taper , and once more resumed
Ihe paper—aged , forsaken , anti que paper—poring
iis ancient contents o'er; when the same mysterious
grating louder than before—and it seemed like some
one sawing wood beneath the office floor ; 'tis no
mouse, thought I, but more. As I listened , each par-
ticular hair stood upri ght , perpendicular—cold , out-
standing drops, orbicular , strange , mysterious ter-
ror filled my soul with fear and horror, such as I
never felt before ; much I wondered what this curi-
ous grating meant beneath the floor ! Thus I sat
and eyed the floor. And thus watching, gazing,
pondering, trembling, doubling, fearing, wonder-
ing, suddenl y the wall was sundering, as for Ban-
quo's ghost of yore—and while gazing much aston-
ished , instantl y therefrom there bounded a huge
teat upon the floor 1 Not the least obeisance made
he, but a single moment staid he, and nothing more.
And while gazing at each other, suddenl y out sprang
another, something grayer than the other , with the
weight of years he bore ; then with imprecations
dire , high I raised my boot and higher , and a step
advancing nigher, whirled it across the floor; but
the little imps had scattered , and the door was
bruised and battered—that it hit , and nothing more."
Capt. Cook.—The sum collected in New York
as a testimonial to the captain of the vessel which
saved the passengers of the Caleb ttrimshaw .amounts
to $8000. It is to be appropriated time—To C.ipt.
Cook $5,000; to the first mate , $700:; to the second
mate , 400; to the carpenter $350; to each seaman.,
$125; to each ordinary seaman and boy, $100,
Mns. Fry's Rules.—1. Never lo«e any time;; I
do not think that lost which '
ib spent in amusement
or recreation some time every day ; but always be
in the habit of being employed. 2. Never ef t the
least in truth. 3. Never say an ill thing of a per-
son when thou canst say a good thing of him ; not
onl y speak charitabl y, but feel so. 4. Never be
irritable or unkind to anybod y. 5. Nover indul ge
thyself in luxuries that are not necessary. 6. Do
all things with consideration , and when th y path to
act right is most difficult , feel confidence in that
Power alone which is able to assist thee , and exert
thy own powers as far as they go.—[Memoir of Eliz-
abeth Frv.
The following paragrap h we find in one.ofour ex-
changes. We do not vouch for its correctness .;
On Friday as the wife of Mr. Plass, of Brooklyn
was preparing her morning meal , the coffee-pot,
which was standing upon Ihe stove , suddenl y explo-
ded ; the confined steam forcing the top against the
ceiling with great force , and throwing the boiling
coffee into the face and upon the neck and arms of
Mrs. Plass, who is very badly scalded , and fears are
entertained that she will lose both eyes, as she is
now entirel y bli nd.
Gen. Joseph Lane has been Dominated for the
presidency by an enthusiastic democratic mceticig
in Indianapolis. The people of the west deeply rs-
sent the treatment he has received at the hands of
Z. Tay lor.
What is the World coming to ?—A man
named Gideon Williams , of North Providence , wag
last week fined $3 and costs, amounting to six dol-
lars and fifty-five cents, for neglecting to return a
borrowed umbrella, when requested so to do.
A Watson overseer of rock-blasting on the Ver-
mont and Canada Railroad , was killed in Georgia,
Vt. by a premature discharge of powder. He was
a hi ghly respectable citizen.
S. P. Allen of Cambridge , died lately at St. Au»
mistine, Fla., being on his way to Cuba for hi*
health. He was worth some $350,000.
A mini very much intoxicated was sent to du-
rance vile. Why didn 't you bail him out ? inquir-
ed a bystander. " Bail him ou t! exclaimed the ot!i»
cr, you couldn 't pnmp him out !
Parody.
rp Dentistry.
i. ,,/ !ibscrihcr , from Boston , respectfully informs
'>.tli ? , llies any Mr - b- f - Leonabd at
?i'e re,f
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'Sons nil r
'nS demands against the Company,
'"'leht i
CSto <' to present them 'for settlement, and those
^Aw ai'e requested to Pay t»e same t0 C. C. P.
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Si Attest: c. C. P. WATERMAN , Clerk.
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